The trial of a veteran Hong Kong activist charged under the colonial-era sedition law over a protest that was planned against the Beijing Winter Olympics began on Monday, after an adjournment of almost six hours. Koo Sze-yiu appeared in front of Principal Magistrate Peter Law, one of the city’s handpicked national security judges, at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on Monday. The veteran activist, who was 75 years old when he was arrested in February this year, stands accused of “attempting to do or making any preparation to do an act or acts with seditious intention.” The activist – who …